Chapter 1576 : Demon Lord

Understanding the gravity of the situation, everyone’s brows furrowed slightly. They knew in their hearts that this was an almost unsolvable deadlock—the souls of these demonic patriarchs were all under the control of the Demon Lord. If they could not be slain, there would be no way to break the formation and prevent the Demon Lord from attaining the Dao.

Yet if they were all slain, it would only hasten the Demon Lord's breakthrough. Truly, they were caught between a rock and a hard place.

"In that case, we'll carve our way straight through."

After a moment's contemplation, a cold glint flashed in Eldrin's eyes.

With a mere flick of his sleeve, he compelled the Celestial Parting Twin Swords to merge instantaneously, transforming into a blade aura of unparalleled radiance that swept across all directions, forcibly cleaving through the ranks of several 100 demonic path Earth Immortals.

In that instant, demons fell like rain, and the entire Heavenly Demon Galaxy trembled beneath the might of the Heavenly Union's convergence.

"Die now." Qiu At the same moment, Daoist Zixuan, the Liyan Deity, and the Vajra Arhat struck with their full power. With a thunderous crash, they finally shattered the 3 Demons Slaying Immortals Formation, tearing apart the formation diagram and the 3 Immortal Swords.

Immortal Xuan Yu’s eyes lit up at the sight, and he couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration, “What a brilliant move.”

In this battle, the combat prowess displayed by Eldrin and the others far exceeded the expectations of the Mystic Feather Immortal and the Vajra Arhat.

Whether it was Eldrin's Li Fire Sword of the Returning Abyss, the Nanyang Li Fire of the Flame Deity, or the Mystic Abyssal Thunder Drum of the Violet Mystic Daoist, each unleashed destructive power comparable to that of 2 Supreme Primordial foundations.

Such combat prowess also took the Demon Lord by surprise, shattering his intricate schemes in an astonishingly short span of time.

At this moment, the crowd had shattered the killing formation and countless demonic legions, finally seizing a fleeting moment of critical opportunity.

Eldrin unleashed the Heaven-Earth Twin Swords in a dazzling display, cleaving through *hundreds* of majestic ancient stars in succession. The relentless assault obliterated *numerous* pivotal formation eyes within the Heavenly Demon Constellation Array, finally creating an opening for Immortal Xuanyu. Seizing the moment, Immortal Xuanyu channeled his power into the 9 Heavens Milky Way Starfall Sword, striking with such force that the 10 1000 Demon Bell was sent flying through the void.

Seeing this, Vajra Arhat and Master Zi Xuan also took action 1 after another, finally shattering the Heavenly Demon River Formation completely.

"It is done..."

The grand formation was breached, and the group pressed forward, swiftly cutting their way to the precipice of the Demon River Galaxy.

At that very moment, Eldrin slowly lowered his gaze and discovered over 8 100 strands of virtue radiance undulating behind him, faintly tinged with hints of purple.

Having cultivated for many years, Eldrin had already condensed 3 100 strands of merit brilliance.

In this very battle, he had successively slain 9 Earth Immortals at the Great Perfection stage, along with several dozen demonic cultivators at the Earth Immortal realm, acquiring over 5 100 strands of Virtuous Merit Light in 1 fell swoop. "8 100 and 80-7 strands of Virtuous Merit Light in total. It seems I am not far from condensing the Violet Virtuous Merit Light."

Eldrin murmured softly, his gaze fixed upon the central black hole deep within the Demon Galaxy.

At this moment, beyond the central black hole, only a desolate earth vein floated in the void, upon which coiled a colossal dragon.

The ancient dragon was bound in chains from head to tail, its body radiating boundless killing intent while its eyes burned with a crimson hue.

Primordial Desolation Dragon.

Vajra Arhat’s expression turned profoundly grave as he witnessed this scene. “Amitabha,” he uttered solemnly. “This Demon Lord actually nurtures a Primordial Desolation Dragon as his guardian. It seems we may face unforeseen troubles today.”

The others also furrowed their brows slightly. The Primordial Ancient Dragon was renowned for its formidable physical strength. This 1 before them had even reached the Grand Primordial Realm. It could be said that with its physical power alone, it could tear through the heavens. Dealing with it would likely be exceedingly troublesome.

Daoist Xuan Yu understood this well. With a grave expression, he immediately declared, "Pay him no mind. Breaking the formation and thwarting the Demon Lord's breakthrough is our paramount task."

"Excellent—"

Hearing this, the crowd immediately took action, unleashing their most formidable divine abilities toward the periphery of the central black hole.

In that very instant, the Primordial Desolate Dragon roared thunderously. Accompanied by the clattering of colossal chains, it spiraled upward through the heavens, its eternal tail sweeping across the cosmos. The stellar river spanning countless hundreds of millions of miles was shattered by the blow.

In that instant, the starry heavens erupted, transforming into annihilating energy that swept across all directions, striking toward the assembled cultivators.

"Wretched beast, how dare you?!" As the Primordial Desolate Dragon sought dominance, the Vajra Arhat's eyes blazed with divine fury. In an instant, he manifested hundreds of millions of golden Arhat incarnations, their collective palms rising to intercept this world-shattering blow.

Witnessing this, the others also launched successive horizontal strikes.

Although the Primordial Ancient Dragon possessed an invincible physical body, facing 5 opponents at once was far beyond its capacity. It was sent flying backward from the combined assault.

However, the obstruction from the Primordial Azure Dragon seemed to have bought the Demon Lord a brief window of opportunity.

There in the endless void, the black hole devoured countless demonic cultivators’ essence and souls, finally undergoing a staggering metamorphosis.

Boom—

But with a deafening roar, the black hole that devoured all suddenly surged upward and vanished into the endless void. "This is..."

Everyone’s expressions shifted abruptly at the sight.

Violet Mystic Elder’s expression turned slightly cold as he remarked, “He intends to propel the heavens and earth to ascend, transforming them into a grand cosmos.”

"There's no way we can let him succeed."

Daoist Xuanyu's face turned icy. Without hesitation, he became the first to tear through the void, vanishing into the cosmos as he pursued the traces of the endless black hole.

At the same time, Eldrin and the others did not hesitate in the slightest, charging straight into the endless void in pursuit.

"Bzzzt—" In the blink of an eye, Eldrin followed the black hole into the endless dimensional space.

When he regained his senses, he found himself arriving in a hazy dimension. Deep within this dimensional void, an immense and boundless ancient realm of shadows drifted in eternal flux.

In the depths of that ancient realm of shadows, a figure resembling a black hole stood at the center of heaven and earth, gazing upon it all with an expression of utter tranquility.

Eldrin's heart sank slightly, his expression turning incomparably solemn as he spoke, "The Demon Lord, he intends to propel the heavens and the earth to ascend."

"He must not be allowed to succeed."

Elder Zixuan's face darkened, a boundless killing intent rising within his heart.

The Flame-Severing Deity nodded in agreement, holding the Flame-Severing Celestial Lantern as they advanced. Their gaze deepened like distant embers as they declared, “So be it. We shall become the cataclysm of his undoing.” “Patience.”

Yet in that very instant, Immortal Xuanyu barred her path.

His expression remained unwaveringly calm as he spoke, "The act of shaping heaven and earth into a cosmos is irreversible—succeed and you shall live, fail and you shall perish."

"Even if such a demonic cultivator succeeds, they would inevitably perform a blood sacrifice of the entire cosmos to exchange for more Primordial Qi."

"Let us wait a moment. Should he fail, he shall naturally perish. Should he succeed, we can still strike at the critical juncture when he condenses the Primordial Chaos of Heaven and Earth into Primordial Qi."

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the crowd shifted almost imperceptibly.

Eldrin understood that Immortal Xuanyu coveted the Primordial Qi, intending to seize the opportunity amidst chaos—to strike down the newly ascended Celestial Immortal while the Demon Sovereign was breaking through and had yet to fully refine the Primordial Qi. Strictly speaking, Immortal Xuanyu’s move was exceedingly perilous. Yet, this freshly ascended Celestial Immortal, who had not yet refined the Primordial Qi, was undoubtedly at their most vulnerable state—the perfect moment to be subdued.

After all, without refining the innate qi, 1 ultimately fails to take that final step.

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